I've had a tank for about 8 months. It's a 4 foot 240 litre with a male green terror, female dempsey, gold (caqueta) earth eater and a red bristlenose.
I am using RODI because my tapwater is upwards of 40ppm nitrates. I use seachem alkaline and neutral regulators to set ph at 7.3 (my tap was towards 7.8 originally) but I noticed last week that my JD was starting to hide away a lot more and my GT fins were a little clamped. I tested water and only issue was ph was down at 6.6
I typically do 40 litre changes once a week as I'm massively over filtering and that seems to keep all parameters in in check. I tested a 40 litre batch in my plastic tub by setting at 7.3 (1 teaspoon alkaline and 1 teaspoon neutral) and leaving 24 hours and it has indeed settled at 6.6ph.
I thought the seachem buffers were meant to prevent pH dropping in this manner so my question really is how to proceed. Should I overdose the RODI in the tub and leave it 24 hours, testing until I get a stable 7 to 7.3 range? Will that be good enough solution or is there something else I should be doing?
I am using RODI because my tapwater is upwards of 40ppm nitrates. I use seachem alkaline and neutral regulators to set ph at 7.3 (my tap was towards 7.8 originally) but I noticed last week that my JD was starting to hide away a lot more and my GT fins were a little clamped. I tested water and only issue was ph was down at 6.6
I typically do 40 litre changes once a week as I'm massively over filtering and that seems to keep all parameters in in check. I tested a 40 litre batch in my plastic tub by setting at 7.3 (1 teaspoon alkaline and 1 teaspoon neutral) and leaving 24 hours and it has indeed settled at 6.6ph.
I thought the seachem buffers were meant to prevent pH dropping in this manner so my question really is how to proceed. Should I overdose the RODI in the tub and leave it 24 hours, testing until I get a stable 7 to 7.3 range? Will that be good enough solution or is there something else I should be doing?